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Editorial

It seems hard to believe but we celebrated our one year anniversary last month of publishing Capistrano Common Sense! So many of you have contacted us and thanked us for bringing so many vital community issues to your attention and we appreciate your comments. Of course, there are also a few naysayers, as well.

Most recently former Council Member Mark Nielsen criticized us for being negative and not offering actual practical solutions. This is simply not true. We have offered many positive solutions to the challenges our City faces. Here are a few of those: stop spending what we don’t have, stop borrowing and increasing our debt load, stop contributing 100% medical for City employees AND their dependents, stop contributing 100% of employee retirement contributions, stop spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on social engineering, enforce our laws and codes across the board--don’t pick and choose which and for whom. Just as the message was sent loud and clear last November on a national level, it’s time for our City to reduce the size of government, stick to the basics and allow private enterprise to flourish. Government isn’t the solution to our problems and many times it is the problem itself.

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The CCS is a non-partisan community watchdog publication distributed to homes and businesses in the city of San Juan Capistrano.

The CCS was established in San Juan Capistrano in 2009 by a group of residents who recognized that our money was often spent in ways that enriched a select few, while residents were left with the resulting increases to cost of living, traffic and debt.

We believe knowledge is power. Aided by Public Records Act requests for information and extensive research, we print fact-based information about these and other issues which enables residents to make educated decisions about local leadership. We do the homework – you decide!

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Capistrano City Hall Compensation

With high unemployment levels and with our City's debt at over $100 million, reigning in City costs is more important than ever. In a recent CCS article, we published a detailed list of City Hall compensation and benefit expenses by position and employee. You can view the details yourself and decide whether you think this is a good use of scarce taxpayer dollars.